Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
2 Corinthians 4:1 - American Standard Version 2015 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore seeing we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we faint not; Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THEREFORE, SINCE we do hold and engage in this ministry by the mercy of God [granting us favor, benefits, opportunities, and especially salvation], we do not get discouraged (spiritless and despondent with fear) or become faint with weariness and exhaustion. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore seeing we have this ministry, even as we obtained mercy, we faint not: Common English Bible This is why we don’t get discouraged, given that we received this ministry in the same way that we received God’s mercy. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, since we have this ministry, and in as much as we have obtained mercy for ourselves, we are not inadequate. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Therefore, seeing we have this ministration, according as we have obtained mercy, we faint not; |
Even the youths shall faint and be weary, and the young men shall utterly fall:
but they that wait for Jehovah shall renew their strength; they shall mount up with wings as eagles; they shall run, and not be weary; they shall walk, and not faint.\par
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
And he spake a parable unto them to the end that they ought always to pray, and not to faint;
What then is Apollos? and what is Paul? Ministers through whom ye believed; and each as the Lord gave to him.
Now concerning virgins I have no commandment of the Lord: but I give my judgment, as one that hath obtained mercy of the Lord to be trustworthy.
who also made us sufficient as ministers of a new covenant; not of the letter, but of the spirit: for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.
Wherefore we faint not; but though our outward man is decaying, yet our inward man is renewed day by day.
But all things are of God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ, and gave unto us the ministry of reconciliation;
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
Wherefore I ask that ye may not faint at my tribulations for you, which are your glory.\par
though I was before a blasphemer, and a persecutor, and injurious: howbeit I obtained mercy, because I did it ignorantly in unbelief;
For consider him that hath endured such gainsaying of sinners against himself, that ye wax not weary, fainting in your souls.
who in time past were {\b no people,} but now are {\b the people of God}: who had {\b not obtained mercy,} but now have {\b obtained mercy.}\par
and thou hast patience and didst bear for my name's sake, and hast not grown weary.